The High North Tour 2022: In the Shadow of the War: "I am a Little Bit Scared Now"

Lapland, Finland: Only a short walk and a dense pine forest lies between the house of Finnish Katarina Turunen and Russia. (Video: Arne O. Holm)

Published at: May 19 2022 - 10:20 / Updated at: May 19 2022 - 10:20

Text and video: Arne O. Holm

Just a short walk and a dense pine forest lies between the house of Finnish Katarina Turunen and Russia. But Russia is not something she has thought much about, until now. "It is just there. I do not know if I have ever thought about NATO. But right now I am a little scared", says Katarina Turunen.

The High North Tour 2022: In the Shadow of the War: "I am a Little Bit Scared Now"

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